Asahel Bannister and the Battle of Sodus Point

Asahel Bannister was born at Goshen, Massachusetts, on July  17, 1784, and he died at Geneva, New York, on January 16, 1858, at age  74.    He married  Polly Mighells on February 22, 1807.    She was born on May 10, 1787, and died  on January  23, 1837, at age 50.

As did many male members of the Bannister lineage, Asahel, at the age of 28,  volunteered to defend  American interests and was named as an officer in the War of 1812.  Asahel is mentioned in at least one accound as being the quartermaster of the 24th Brigade of the New York Militia under the command of Brigadier General William Burnett.

Colonel Asahel Bannister was involved in the battle with the British at Sodus, New York, on June 19, 1813.  He was  responsible for the successful storage of provisions and military equipment which were the target of the British raiding party at that battle.

--Brock-Perry